Crazier Than Bachmann: 6 Ridiculous Things Said by the Texas Congressman Running for Senate

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For years, Minnesota Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann was known for her far right, social conservative rantings, both on the House floor and on the campaign trail. Rep. Bachmann may be leaving the Capitol in 2014, but that just means a bigger spotlight for her lesser-known but just as inflammatory colleagues in the House.

One such Congressman, Texas Republican Steve Stockman, has decided to challenge sitting Republican Senator John Coryn to a primary battle. Sen. Coryn is by no means a moderate, yet compared to Rep. Stockman, he’s practically to the left of President Barack Obama. A one term Congressman who was defeated during reelection in the mid-90s, he returned to D.C. after winning a new seat in the 2012 elections.

Still don’t feel like you know Rep. Stockman? Well, consider these six outrageous things said by the far right Congressman.

2) ”The government shut down is to save America!“ Yes, Rep. Stockman was an enthusiastic government shutdown supporter, saying that it was worth whatever harm may come to Americans if they could keep Obamacare from going into effect. Even before the final showdown, Rep. Stockman was cheering one on, saying, “One of the things that we’re doing wrong is that we’re accepting the argument that when we defund Obamacare, that we’re closing the government down. We’re not! In fact, we’re saving the nation’s future by not funding it.” In the end, Obamacare insurance exchanges opened regardless, and the country lost billions because of lost productivity.

3) ”Waco was staged to steal your guns!” Yes, apparently the standoff at the Branch Davidian compound in the 90s was really all a federal government set up to ensure that the Clinton administration could justify banning assault weapons. “Waco was supposed to be a way for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Clinton administration to prove the need for a ban on so-called assault weapons,” Rep. Stockman wrote in an article for Guns & Ammo magazine. Almost 20 years later and he is just as enthusiastic about guns, even voting to allow teachers to be armed at schools.

4) ”Sex ed is corrupting the children!” Sure, a lot of Republicans seem to dislike anything that isn’t abstience only education in the classroom. Rep. Stockman really, really dislikes it though, even sending a letter to colleagues stating, “Our children have been taught that…any type of sex is a valid outlet for their emotions. They are taught that the problem with sex is not that it is wrong to engage in homosexual, bestial, underage, or premarital sex, but that it is wrong to do so without protection.” Because bestiality and premarital sex are definitely the same thing.

5) ”Don‘t protect ‘gender-changers.’” Rep. Stockman followed many of his cohorts in refusing to re-authorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), despite it routinely being authorized with large majorities prior to the latest vote. His reason? It protected trans people. ”This is a truly bad bill. This is helping the liberals, this is horrible. Unbelievable. What really bothers — it’s called a women’s act, but then they have men dressed up as women, they count that. Change-gender, or whatever. How is that — how is that a woman?”

6) ”Impeach Obama.” Of course, far right, Tea Party favorite Rep. Stockman is an “impeach Obama” advocate. He even went as far as to have a copy of a book laying out a rationale for impeachment to every member of the House. As if that wasn’t enough, he even hired a law firm to help him investigate the President. The firm, according to Right Wing Watch, “[I]s the home of Christian Reconstructionist leader Herb Titus, who believes Obama is ineligible to be president and supports the imposition of biblical law, and claims it specializes in ‘biblical wisdom.’”

Ellen, in case you are confused about where you are .this is not a newspaper. its an aggregator of news. That means they report most times on what somsone else reports on. So spare us please. I dont come here to get my news. Most people dont. if you want that go find a newspaper.

Rolls on the floor laughing at David. You are simply pricless as a propagandist. Of course you are so wrapped up in your ideology you think Cruz if there representing YOU when all he is doing is trying to enrich himself by spewing shitt at the country. He is a con man kinda like you

For all those who leave comments about the author of these threads, I'm sure you would be welcome to make the attempt to write an article too.....but be prepared for the sarcasm and opposing views.....BTW... did you notice you were in the minority about this particular "politician" from Texas on how most view him?

Steve Stockmans belief in personal reasonability, individual freedom and capitalistic incentives, liberty, acceptance of the consequences of one's own decisions, limited government with enumerated powers that drives wealth and the economy, all his principles. The State media hates him because he opposes the Presidents anti constitution second amendment agenda. Good luck Steve Stockman.

Do people ever look at the folks they vote into office? Apparently not because that guy even looks like a severe nut case. I mean, he really looks stupid, so why would anybody vote for him? Then again, after looking at that smirking, grinning Bush, I wondered why anybody voted for him.

Just when I think the right has gone about as far as they can go, yes sir! They prove me wrong. Wow. And they keep getting elected because they have plenty of money to throw around.

Free the election process. X number of dollars to spend, X number of days, very limited. Dollars provided by the government and caps on the total amount able to be spent. NO slush funds of any kind, not social/charitable/false front informational adds.

That way anyone can run. Anyone except big everything. Their ability to over overbearingly influence this nation would be destroyed.

Freddie R You keep posting the same old FOXsh*t. Obama said Benghazi was a terrorist attack. Where was the outrage for the 13 embassies/consulates attacks under Bush43?:
01/22/02 Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami Attacks Indian U.S. Consulate 5 dead 06/14/02 Suicide Car-Bomb Outside U.S. Consulate in Karachi 12 dead 10/12/02 String Of Bali Bombings Included U.S. Consulate 7 dead 02/28/03 Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, Attacked For the 2nd Time in a Year 2 dead 05/12/03 After Terrorists Storm U.S. Compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 36 dead 06/30/04: Islamist Attacks U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2 dead 12/06/04: U.S. consulate attack in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 9 dead 03/02/06: Third Attack on Karachi U.S. Consulate Killed U.S. Diplomat 1 dead 09/12/06: Four Gunmen Stormed the U.S. compound in Damascus, Syria 4 dead 03/18/08: A Mortar is Fired at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen 19 dead 07/09/08: Gunman Fired on the U.S. Consulate Istanbul, Turkey 3 dead 09/17/08: Orchestrated Attack on the U.S. Embassy Sanaa, Yemen 16 dead